Elgar's Enigma Variations is a sublime piece of musical portraiture, developing the enigmatic melody that gives the work its title into 13 sketches of the composer's friends, signed off with a robust ...

One theme – endlessly talked about – and fourteen variations on it. Each variation was the result of a parlour game between Elgar and his wife, Alice. He’d played the theme to her, which he described ...

Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Symphony No. 6 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer Colin Davis, Conductor ...

Designed to demystify classical music in a relaxed and informal setting, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's popular new program "Inside the Music" features Music Director Andrew Grams, who will explore ...

Martyn Brabbins follows fine, firmly unsentimental, bracingly muscular performances of two of Elgar’s best known orchestral works – the Enigma Variations and the concert overture In the South – with ...

The Central Oregon Symphony’s Winter Concert this weekend at Caldera High School features the year’s Young Artist Competition winners. The competition is held each December, and because of the ...

In the South, 'Alassio' Roger Norrington, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer Introduction and Allegro Edward Elgar, Composer Roger Norrington, Conductor Stuttgart ...

THE original finale to Sir Edward Elgar's most popular work has been recorded - more than a century after its first performance. Worcestershire's famous son discarded the original ending to the ...